RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoJust because it’s better than windows doesn’t make it goodlemmy.mlimagemessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1561arrow-down191
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minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year ago“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975. It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
minus-squarethorbot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThat is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAs an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?
It’s a Futurama quote, my dude
“They don’t think it be like it is, but it do” is originally a quote from a Yankees player, Oscar Gamble, about Yankees management in 1975.
It’s a sensible, grammatical construction in his native dialect, but is well remembered mostly because it isn’t very sensible in SAE.
That is a neat tidbit! Thanks for sharing
As an aside, what Futurama episode did they quote him in?